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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karl do on his weekly day off?
(a) Practices his English with Rennel.
(b) Goes into the city and looks for other work.
(c) Spends time with Therese and the head cook.
(d) Plays cards with the other lift boys.

2. Which word best characterizes the stoker's explanation to the captain of his grievances against Schubal?
(a) Rambling.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Precise.
(d) Startling.

3. What information do Karl's first remarks to Delamarche and Robinson unintentionally give away?
(a) He is sociable and genuinely interested in other people.
(b) He is a recent German immigrant with few prospects in life.
(c) He is naive and may have resources they can take advantage of.
(d) He is polite and easy-going and will be no trouble to share a room with.

4. What disappoints Karl about his new job?
(a) He cannot figure out how to polish the elevator brass as well as Rennel does.
(b) He is assigned to an elevator that does not serve the hotel's richer clients.
(c) The manual explicitly forbids sleeping in the elevator during slow hours.
(d) The only contact he has with the elevator's machinery is pushing a button.

5. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?
(a) A pair of woolen socks.
(b) A cat's eye marble.
(c) A 10 Pfennig coin.
(d) A piece of salami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the head cook compliment Karl on?

2. Where is Therese originally from?

3. What does Karl first notice about Klara when he sees her in the light?

4. What argument does Pollunder give to persuade Jakob to let Karl come for a visit?

5. What do Delamarche and Robinson criticize about Jakob's company?

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